Know the astrologers whom politicians like Modi, Vasundhara consult

New Delhi: With Lok Sabha elections looming on the horizon, politicians are frantically consulting astrologers and those of their ilk to know about their fortunes. BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi usually consults 'Guruji' Pranab Kumar Bhatt in Rajkot. Bhatt is over 80 years old, he lost his eyes when he was a child and studied astrology in Varanasi. People in Rajkot say leaders like Chimanbhai Patel and Chhabildas Mehta used to consult him to know their fortunes. Modi also consults Tejas Mehta, owner of a US-based stem cell company, for whom astrology is a hobby, reports Economic Times. Mehta told the newspaper: "Modi listens carefully and respects the subject as a Vedic science. But unlike many others, I have never found him seeking information on his personal fortune". Tejas Mehta's grandfather Yashodhar Mehta was a former Janasangh leader in Gujarat.Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje is an avid follower of Jaipur-based astrologer Pandit Kedar Sharma. She knows him for the last 15 years, when she used to be a minister in Vajpayee's government at the Centre. Vaundhara Raje is also a devotee of Peetambari Peeth in Datia, MP, and Tripura Sundari Maa in Banswara, Rajasthan. Predicts Pandit Kedar Sharma: "I cannot tell you the date and time right away. But I can see it (of becoming PM) in her stars".Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda used to consult Chennai-based astrologer Balan Nair, while former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa had his own astrologer, whom he used to consult regularly, till he fell from power.